Virtual Environments and Level III Redundancy
A modern, green and fault tolerant approach toradio automation system design
Patrick J. CampionDirector of Product Development
ENCO Systems, Inc.
A simplified view of 20 years of radio automation system integration.
Starting with a 1:1 PC:Studio design based on the following configuration
ONE STUDIOONE BOX
Again, in this model the setup is 1:1 PC:Studio.
• 4U Rackmount Case• Power Supply• Motherboard
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• RAM• Processor• HDD(s)• DVD ROM• PCIe RAID• PCIe Sound• PCI GPI• Cooling Fans
• 4U Rackmount Case• Power Supply• Motherboard
o NICo Video
• RAM• Processor• HDD(s)• DVD ROM• PCIe RAID• PCIe Sound• PCI GPI• Cooling Fans
Take that big list of components and fit it into the box
TWO STUDIOS
TWO BOXES
THREE STUDIOS
THREE BOXES
FOUR STUDIOS
FOUR BOXES
FIVE STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
Conveniently named for demo purposes
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
Move everything to a rack room
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
Add servers and a switch
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
POWER
Start connecting cables
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
NETWORK
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
KVM
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
KVM
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
AUDIO
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
GPI
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
CROSS CONNECTS
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER ONESERVER TWO
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
ONE SITEONE BOX
• LOTS OF PROCESSING POWER• LOTS OF RAM• HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVES• HIGH PERFORMANCE RAID CONTROLLER• EIGHT OR MORE 1000TX NIC• SERVER CLASS HARDWARE
Starting with a six drive frame – no OS or architecture
RAID1
Build one RAID1
RAID1 RAID5
And one RAID5 with the remaining four drives
RAID5
SERVERVM1VM2VM3VM4VM5
On the RAID1 build our Virtualized Server OS and five Virtual Machines
RAID5
SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR
PROD1PROD2
VT STUDIO
STORAGE VOLUME (VIRTUAL SHARE)
SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR
PROD1PROD2
VT STUDIO
Then create a virtual share on the RAID5 for storage purposes
VIRTUAL MACHINE• OPERATING SYSTEM• IP AUDIO DRIVER• AUTOMATION SOFTWARE
ONE SITEONE BOX
This model’s biggest flaw is a lack of true redundancy
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
ONE SITE
TWO BOXESSolved by going to a model with two duplicate boxes
IT RACK ROOM
SERVER1
SWITCH
STUDIOS
FM ONAIR
AM ONAIR
PROD1
PROD2
VT STUDIO
SERVER2
RAID5
SERVERVM1
RAID5
SERVER
Redundancy Software
3000TX pipe between the two boxes and redundancy software added
STORAGE VOLUME (VIRTUAL SHARE)
SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR
PROD1PROD2
VT STUDIO
STORAGE VOLUME (VIRTUAL SHARE)
SERVERFM ONAIRAM ONAIR
PROD1PROD2
VT STUDIO
Create two duplicate, synchronous environments.
• SMALLER FOOTPRINT• LESS POWER DRAW• LESS COOLING DEMAND• EASIER INTEGRATION• HIGHER QUALITY MATERIAL• EASIER MAINTENANCE• MORE SCALABILITY• BETTER FAULT TOLERANCE• KVM SHARING BUILT IN
Virtual Environments and Level III Redundancy
A modern, green and fault tolerant approach toradio automation system design
Patrick J. CampionDirector of Product Development
ENCO Systems, [email protected]
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